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1. action, n. View full entry a1393
...Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in pl.) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct....
2. admire, v. View full entry c1429
...intr. To feel or express wonder, astonishment, or surprise; to marvel....
3. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
4. apple, n. View full entry eOE
...The round firm fruit (a pome) of any of various wild and cultivated trees of the genus Malus (see sense 4a), occurring in a wide variety of forms,...
5. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
6. bank, n.3 View full entry 1474
...The table or counter of a money-changer or dealer in money. Obs. exc. Hist....
7. bear, n.1 View full entry c1000
...A heavily-built, thick-furred plantigrade quadruped, of the genus Ursus; belonging to the Carnivora, but having teeth partly adapted to a vegetable diet. ...
8. beauty, n. View full entry c1325
...Such combined perfection of form and charm of colouring as affords keen pleasure to the sense of sight:...
9. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
10. big boy, n. View full entry 1572
...A boy who is relatively old or mature; (also) a boy who is old enough to look after himself or to cope with adult experiences (also (colloq.) used ironically, of...
11. bounty, n. View full entry c1250
...Of persons: Goodness in general, worth, virtue; in pl. virtues, excellences; also excellent condition, high estate. Obs....
12. brain, n. View full entry eOE
...The organ contained in the skull of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of soft grey or white tissue with (esp. in mammals) a conspicuously convoluted surface. Also (as a mass noun): the...
13. brother, n. View full entry OE
...The word applied to a male being to express his relationship to others (male or female) as the child of the same parent or parents....
14. clean, adj. View full entry 883
...Clear....
15. conscience, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The internal acknowledgement or recognition of the moral quality of one's motives and actions; the sense of right and wrong as regards things for which one is responsible; the faculty or principle...
16. day, n. View full entry c950
...‘The time between the rising and setting of the sun’ (Johnson); the interval of light between successive periods of darkness or night; in ordinary usage including the lighter part of...
17. designer, n. View full entry 1598
...A person who makes artistic designs; one who produces drawings and plans for the construction or creation of something according to aesthetic or functional criteria; (more generally) one who creates plans or...
18. doozy, adj. and n. View full entry 1903
...Remarkable, excellent; also, amazing, incredible....
19. ˈdressing, n. View full entry c1440
...The action of dress, in various senses....
20. eˈleventh coˈmmandment, n. View full entry 1857
...A rule to be observed as strictly as if it were an addition to the ten commandments (cf. commandment2d and John xiii. 34)....
